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Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: There is an inherent contradiction regarding the stipulations on guilt. Progress reported; Committee to sit again.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I thank Senator Fitzgerald for sharing her time with me. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power, to the House. I will begin by giving my background in this area. Throughout my adult life I have been involved in the development world and related matters. I established and operated a Central American charity at one stage and have led the development of a significant Third World...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Does the Senator reckon that Fianna Fáil will still be in government?

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Fianna Fáil might be back in government in ten years' time.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I second Senator Fitzgerald's proposed amendment because it is important to do so. In the last three or four sitting days the Leader gave a commitment to 22 different items for debate. I certainly want to see how the order of this House is set. Issues have been raised, such as Senator MacSharry's last week or the week before on the need for us to discuss Standing Orders and the way we...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: No, there were not.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I support completely the points made by Senator Fitzgerald. I was outside those gates at 7.25 a.m. yesterday waiting for them to open and I got home last night at 10 p.m. That is no different from many other people in this House. I worked a full day and took no notice of it, no more than do all the other people here. To read in this morning's newspaper complimentary remarks on my game of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Senator Twomey has made some fair points. I thought he was going off on a tangent at the beginning, which I did not like. However, I certainly think it is a point worth making - that we in political life accept those coming into it. It must be a good thing if people at the top of their careers choose to serve as public representatives, and that should be welcomed. It is important to note,...

Seanad: Swine Flu Outbreak: Statements (6 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: We are quick to criticise the Department of Health and Children time and again when things go wrong. The morning after swine flu hit the headlines, one of the British-Irish tabloids carried a front-page story that Ireland was unready, unable and without plans to respond. The Minister and her staff at the Department have handled the matter with the expertise that I look for in Government....

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (6 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: It was Three-Mile Island.

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (6 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I second the motion. I congratulate my colleague, Senator Quinn, on tabling this motion as it is a very important subject. I also congratulate and welcome to the House, the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Calleary. He and I soldiered together on the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security before his elevation. Much of what we are discussing was discussed by us both formally...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (6 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: Come on, go easy now. I do not think the Senator's party wants to hear that.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (6 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to the House. She is responsible for a difficult and complex Department. From years of experience in this area, I am aware she has excellent advisers at her disposal. The important legislation before us enjoys my full support, although I propose to refer to a number of issues the Bill omits to address. As a member of...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business. I regret that the Leader on his own, without any contact or agreement with me or anyone else, changed Private Members' time. As he has made some time available to discuss an issue with the Minister for Health and Children, I suggest that time would be better spent discussing the row between the Ombudsman for Children and the HSE rather than...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I wish to say bon voyage and recognise Senators Donohoe, Corrigan, Alex White, O'Reilly and our colleague Senator Bacik, who have put themselves forward for the European elections.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Joe O'Toole: I apologise. Senator John Paul Phelan.